Covered Bonds

Appetite for risk in the covered bond market has risen markedly over the last two years, according to a survey of the 180 German investors who attended NordLB’s global capital markets conference on July 17. (This article has one comment)

Toronto Dominion’s first legally compliant covered bond stormed the market on Monday morning, raising €1.75bn — €750m more than any of the other five Canadian euro covered bond benchmarks that have been launched this year, and the joint largest euro deal of the year.

Pimco, after staying clear of Portuguese bank or sovereign debt for five years, was in Lisbon at the end of last week to investigate opportunities in the troubled country generated by the ongoing Banco Espirito Santo (BES) debacle. The meetings came as several sellside research analysts tipped Portuguese covered bonds as a good relative value opportunity versus periphery peers.

The ratings of 24 covered bond programmes from across the EMEA region could be up to four notches higher without the constraint of sub triple-A local currency country risk ceilings (LCC), according to a Moody's analysis on Tuesday.

Growing demand for real estate finance in Germany is likely to trigger growth in mortgage Pfandbrief issuance over the medium term, said NordLB covered bond analysts in a recent briefing paper after outstanding mortage Pfandbrief volumes fell in 2013.

Deutsche Hypothekenbank, NordLB’s commercial real estate subsidiary, opened books on Monday for its first Pfandbrief of the year. This is the first time for more than four years that a German issuer has priced a deal in the second half of July but leads still attracted a heavily oversubscribed order book.

Pimco, after staying clear of Portuguese bank or sovereign debt for five years — was in Lisbon recently to investigate opportunities in the troubled peripheral jurisdiction generated by the ongoing Banco Espirito Santo (BES) headlines. The meetings came as several sell-side research analysts tipped Portuguese covered bonds as a good relative value opportunity versus periphery peers.

The rating of 24 covered bond programmes from across EMEA could be up to four notches higher without the constraint of sub triple-A local currency country risk ceiling (LCC), analysis from Moody’s revealed on Tuesday. Within a given jurisdiction, the risk ceiling defines the highest rating achievable for an issuer’s print in the local currency.

Deutsche Hypothekenbank, NordLB’s commercial real estate subsidiary, opened books on Monday for its first Pfandbrief of the year. Despite the time of year – this deal is the first German issuer to price a deal in the second half of July for over four years – leads attracted a heavily oversubscribed order book. Credit market conditions in the Euro area provided a constructive backdrop for execution, with Bunds stable and periphery markets recovering.

Toronto Dominion’s first legally compliant covered bond stormed the market on Monday morning, raising €1.75bn – €750m more than any of the other five Canadian euro benchmarks that have been launched this year.

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Christoph Anhamm, RBS's head of covered bond origination, is leaving the bank to take up a broader position at ABN Amro, GlobalCapital understands. Tim Skeet is said to be taking over the position at RBS.